University Rankings in Critical Perspective

This article addresses global postsecondary ranking systems by using critical-theoretical perspectives on power. This research suggests rankings are at once a useful lens for studying power in higher education and an important instrument for the exercise of power in service of dominant norms in global higher education. Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian PusserBrian Pusser is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Virginia. He served as coeditor of Universities and the Public Sphere: Knowledge Creation and State Building in the Era of Globalization (2011); bpusser@virginia.edu.Simon MarginsonSimon Marginson is a Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he is located in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education. Simon's books include Markets in Education (1997), the coauthored International Student Security (2010), and the coedited Handbook on Globalization and Higher Education (2011); s.marginson@unimelb.edu.au.